Two days slowly passed, and Alex and Monifa found themselves, once again,
ditched by Elizabeth and Mathew in the O'Connells' library. Monifa stood
and backed away from the tiny model as carefully as she could. She was
afraid that if she made any sudden movement, it would fall to the ground
and shatter. She had put way too much time and effort into that blasted
thing for it to brake now.
Alex walked over to her.
"Are we?" She asked him mesmerized.
"We're done."
"Done?!!"
"No thanks to Mathew and Elizabeth of course."
"But we are done?"
"Yes."
She squealed in delight as she threw her arms around his neck and hugged him. He wrapped his arms around her and it took them a good thirty seconds to realize what they were doing. They immediately pulled apart, embarrassed.
"Is that what you've been working on?" Jonathan asked as walked in, hands in his pockets, acting like he hadn't seen a thing.
"Don't go near it, Uncle Jon." Alex warned.
"I'm not going to touch it. Looks nice that's all. Where's what's his name and that other girl?"
"They left one hour ago, sometime around five."
"Five? That would have been about four hours ago, mate."
"It's nine-o-clock?" Monifa asked horrified, "I need to call my aunt."
"I believe Evie took care of it. I'll drive you if you need a ride home." Jonathan offered.
"Thank you Mr.--"
"Jon."
"Thank you....Jon."
Jonathan winked at Alex.
"I'll get the car started."
As soon as Jonathan left, Alex and Monifa suddenly became shy of each other. Monifa began to gather her things, but her hands kept shaking and she couldn't seem to cram her book into her bag.
"Need help?" Alex asked as he steadied her hands.
Alex's touch sent a tingling sensation loose in her body. Her cheeks felt hot.
"Maybe just a little." She whispered.
Suddenly they both became all too aware on how close they were and how each other's faces were only inches away.
"WHERE IS SHE???"
The sudden yell from downstairs thrust the two back into reality.
Alex knew that voice, but what he didn't know was that Monifa knew it too. Alex ran to the door and was surprised to find that Monifa had beaten him to it; her book bag clutched in her hand.
*~*~*
Evelyn had seen Jonathan come down the stairs and had asked them how the two were coming.
"They are done with their project thing and I am going to take Monifa home." Jonathan replied.
"I can do it." Rick commented from his wife's side, "I am on my way out anyway."
"Sounds alright with me." Jonathan said as he threw Rick the keys.
As soon as he caught them, the door flew open.
"Where is she?" Ardeth Bay yelled as he stormed into the hallway, "Helen said she was here, now where is she?!"
He was wearing his usual black robes, only they seemed a little worse for wear. He face was hard with worry and rage.
"Father?!!"
The four adults looked up and saw Monifa bounding down the stairs and Alex trying to keep up with her.
"Father, what are you doing here?" she asked overcome with sudden emotion.
Ardeth pulled her into his arms and kept her there for a minute. He stood back and studied her, keeping his hands on her shoulders.
"Mama's dead." She sobbed.
Ardeth hugged her again.
"I know."
"You weren't there and they sent me here. Why did you leave me?"
When he didn't answer Monifa backed away, wiping her eyes dry.
"Papa?"
"I need to tell you something. I need to tell you all something."
*~*~*
They settled in the next room, sitting on sofas and chairs. Rick and Evelyn sat in chairs, while Jonathan and Alex shared a sofa. Ardeth and Monifa shared the other sofa.
"I must start with the beginning. Your mother never wanted you to grow up with a Madji. The women never traveled with us, but she didn't want to stay and raise you at the camp. She took you to Cairo and I saw you as much as I could. But them, in your eighth year, Imhotep rose again from the undead along with the Scorpion King and I left to help the O'Connells send them both to the underworld.
"I was ready to come back, after that. I wanted to see you both so much, and I was almost to Cairo, but then this man, a Dr. Scott, started to dig at Ahm Shere and for eight years we've tried to stop him.
"You mean He's back?" Evelyn asked in total shock.
"I don't know for sure, but if he isn't now he will be soon. That's why I came here. To warn you." He said gesturing the O'Connell's and Jonathan, "To protect you." He continued, looking straight at his daughter.
"Why would I need protecting?" She questioned completely confused.
Before Ardeth could answer the front door was blasted off of its hinges. Ardeth grabbed Monifa and shoved her over to Alex, who had jumped onto his feet.
"Hide her!!"
"Do what he says, Alex." Rick urged, "Into the study, now. Baracade the door and block the window."
Alex held onto Monifa's arm as he dragged her into the other room.
"Father?" She asked scared.
"Do it and stay hidden. I'll be fine." Ardeth yelled.
Before Alex shut the study's door, she saw the dust clear and many red robed men ran in to the room. She helped Alex put the desk in front of the door and pull the bookshelf in front of the window. They listened to fighting going on outside. Monifa cried out as she pressed her face against Alex's chest.
She was so scared. He could feel her pain. Something wasn't right here. Why was protecting her so important? What did Imhotep want with her? He rubbed her back trying to calm her. He was scared too, but his anxiousness quickly died being replaced by adrenalin and fury.
No one will take Monifa away from him.
The study door and the desk in front of it suddenly exploded. Alex threw himself on top of Monifa trying to block her from the shards of wood. He rolled off of her making sure she was ok.
Two guys in red robes and red masks came into the room and picked both of them up on their feet. They roughly dragged them into the main room where Rick, Evelyn, Jonathan, and Ardeth were gagged and tied to their seats. They started to tie up Alex when He walked in. His decayed body walked difyantly into the room.
Monifa cringed at the sight of him. As he walked toward her the scenery changed. She hastily looked around her, but she wasn't in the study. No one was holding onto her. She stood alone in a simple, white Egyptian dress. She was in an Egyptian place and the high priest Imhotep was walking toward her.
She backed away as he came closer, but she wasn't afraid of him. She was afraid of what he wanted. He had been after her ever since she was a little girl.
"Omorose." He whispered seductively as he put his arms around her waist and pulled her close to him.
Monifa tried to pull away.
"Nefertiri! Nefertiri!" She cried speaking in ancient Egyptian , "Help me!"
Alex watched glaring at Imhotep and at the way he handled Monifa. Rick just looked at his wife. Evelyn was seeing it to. Remembering. She was calling for her to save her, but she couldn't do anything this time.
"Not this time, my pet. You will be mine, and we will rule, together, just like I promised. Anuk-su-namun failed me. I should have never left you for her. I thought I loved her. I thought she loved me. I was mistaken."
"Leave me alone. I shall call the guards."
"Your word against mine," he leaned in close, "slave."
"No!"
"Why do you fight me? You know I will get what I want. One way or another you will be mine."
He gripped her waist so tight, she whimpered in pain. He jammed his lips against hers and the vision of what seemed like the past was gone. She was back in the study kissing his vile mouth.
She screamed in panic and kicked out with her feet.
The man behind her hit the backside of her head with the handle of his dagger, knocking her out cold.
"Put her in the car." Imhotep ordered, "Kill them."
He walked behind the man carrying the unconscious girl, leaving six other men to finish Ardeth, Jonathan, and the O'Connells off.
A/N: Dun dun dun!! Tell me if you like.
Alex walked over to her.
"Are we?" She asked him mesmerized.
"We're done."
"Done?!!"
"No thanks to Mathew and Elizabeth of course."
"But we are done?"
"Yes."
She squealed in delight as she threw her arms around his neck and hugged him. He wrapped his arms around her and it took them a good thirty seconds to realize what they were doing. They immediately pulled apart, embarrassed.
"Is that what you've been working on?" Jonathan asked as walked in, hands in his pockets, acting like he hadn't seen a thing.
"Don't go near it, Uncle Jon." Alex warned.
"I'm not going to touch it. Looks nice that's all. Where's what's his name and that other girl?"
"They left one hour ago, sometime around five."
"Five? That would have been about four hours ago, mate."
"It's nine-o-clock?" Monifa asked horrified, "I need to call my aunt."
"I believe Evie took care of it. I'll drive you if you need a ride home." Jonathan offered.
"Thank you Mr.--"
"Jon."
"Thank you....Jon."
Jonathan winked at Alex.
"I'll get the car started."
As soon as Jonathan left, Alex and Monifa suddenly became shy of each other. Monifa began to gather her things, but her hands kept shaking and she couldn't seem to cram her book into her bag.
"Need help?" Alex asked as he steadied her hands.
Alex's touch sent a tingling sensation loose in her body. Her cheeks felt hot.
"Maybe just a little." She whispered.
Suddenly they both became all too aware on how close they were and how each other's faces were only inches away.
"WHERE IS SHE???"
The sudden yell from downstairs thrust the two back into reality.
Alex knew that voice, but what he didn't know was that Monifa knew it too. Alex ran to the door and was surprised to find that Monifa had beaten him to it; her book bag clutched in her hand.
*~*~*
Evelyn had seen Jonathan come down the stairs and had asked them how the two were coming.
"They are done with their project thing and I am going to take Monifa home." Jonathan replied.
"I can do it." Rick commented from his wife's side, "I am on my way out anyway."
"Sounds alright with me." Jonathan said as he threw Rick the keys.
As soon as he caught them, the door flew open.
"Where is she?" Ardeth Bay yelled as he stormed into the hallway, "Helen said she was here, now where is she?!"
He was wearing his usual black robes, only they seemed a little worse for wear. He face was hard with worry and rage.
"Father?!!"
The four adults looked up and saw Monifa bounding down the stairs and Alex trying to keep up with her.
"Father, what are you doing here?" she asked overcome with sudden emotion.
Ardeth pulled her into his arms and kept her there for a minute. He stood back and studied her, keeping his hands on her shoulders.
"Mama's dead." She sobbed.
Ardeth hugged her again.
"I know."
"You weren't there and they sent me here. Why did you leave me?"
When he didn't answer Monifa backed away, wiping her eyes dry.
"Papa?"
"I need to tell you something. I need to tell you all something."
*~*~*
They settled in the next room, sitting on sofas and chairs. Rick and Evelyn sat in chairs, while Jonathan and Alex shared a sofa. Ardeth and Monifa shared the other sofa.
"I must start with the beginning. Your mother never wanted you to grow up with a Madji. The women never traveled with us, but she didn't want to stay and raise you at the camp. She took you to Cairo and I saw you as much as I could. But them, in your eighth year, Imhotep rose again from the undead along with the Scorpion King and I left to help the O'Connells send them both to the underworld.
"I was ready to come back, after that. I wanted to see you both so much, and I was almost to Cairo, but then this man, a Dr. Scott, started to dig at Ahm Shere and for eight years we've tried to stop him.
"You mean He's back?" Evelyn asked in total shock.
"I don't know for sure, but if he isn't now he will be soon. That's why I came here. To warn you." He said gesturing the O'Connell's and Jonathan, "To protect you." He continued, looking straight at his daughter.
"Why would I need protecting?" She questioned completely confused.
Before Ardeth could answer the front door was blasted off of its hinges. Ardeth grabbed Monifa and shoved her over to Alex, who had jumped onto his feet.
"Hide her!!"
"Do what he says, Alex." Rick urged, "Into the study, now. Baracade the door and block the window."
Alex held onto Monifa's arm as he dragged her into the other room.
"Father?" She asked scared.
"Do it and stay hidden. I'll be fine." Ardeth yelled.
Before Alex shut the study's door, she saw the dust clear and many red robed men ran in to the room. She helped Alex put the desk in front of the door and pull the bookshelf in front of the window. They listened to fighting going on outside. Monifa cried out as she pressed her face against Alex's chest.
She was so scared. He could feel her pain. Something wasn't right here. Why was protecting her so important? What did Imhotep want with her? He rubbed her back trying to calm her. He was scared too, but his anxiousness quickly died being replaced by adrenalin and fury.
No one will take Monifa away from him.
The study door and the desk in front of it suddenly exploded. Alex threw himself on top of Monifa trying to block her from the shards of wood. He rolled off of her making sure she was ok.
Two guys in red robes and red masks came into the room and picked both of them up on their feet. They roughly dragged them into the main room where Rick, Evelyn, Jonathan, and Ardeth were gagged and tied to their seats. They started to tie up Alex when He walked in. His decayed body walked difyantly into the room.
Monifa cringed at the sight of him. As he walked toward her the scenery changed. She hastily looked around her, but she wasn't in the study. No one was holding onto her. She stood alone in a simple, white Egyptian dress. She was in an Egyptian place and the high priest Imhotep was walking toward her.
She backed away as he came closer, but she wasn't afraid of him. She was afraid of what he wanted. He had been after her ever since she was a little girl.
"Omorose." He whispered seductively as he put his arms around her waist and pulled her close to him.
Monifa tried to pull away.
"Nefertiri! Nefertiri!" She cried speaking in ancient Egyptian , "Help me!"
Alex watched glaring at Imhotep and at the way he handled Monifa. Rick just looked at his wife. Evelyn was seeing it to. Remembering. She was calling for her to save her, but she couldn't do anything this time.
"Not this time, my pet. You will be mine, and we will rule, together, just like I promised. Anuk-su-namun failed me. I should have never left you for her. I thought I loved her. I thought she loved me. I was mistaken."
"Leave me alone. I shall call the guards."
"Your word against mine," he leaned in close, "slave."
"No!"
"Why do you fight me? You know I will get what I want. One way or another you will be mine."
He gripped her waist so tight, she whimpered in pain. He jammed his lips against hers and the vision of what seemed like the past was gone. She was back in the study kissing his vile mouth.
She screamed in panic and kicked out with her feet.
The man behind her hit the backside of her head with the handle of his dagger, knocking her out cold.
"Put her in the car." Imhotep ordered, "Kill them."
He walked behind the man carrying the unconscious girl, leaving six other men to finish Ardeth, Jonathan, and the O'Connells off.
A/N: Dun dun dun!! Tell me if you like.